The Climate Minute: The White House gets it right on climate... oh, sorry, wrong Whitehouse.

Good morning from the pink and orange coffeehouse.  The Whitehouse made a rousing speech about the Climate Cliff and the danger we are in ignoring the realities of greenhouse gasses and climate change. Oh, sorry.  That was Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, not The White House.  Well, perhaps the President was taking notes for his own speech on the climate, right? Well, don’t be too distressed, there’s still a lot of great stuff going on. MCAN’s Climate Minute Dec 14 2012 (And let us know what you think about our snazzy new graphic… Do you like it?) Anyway, here’s more information about some of the things we talked about in this edition of the Climate Minute: Forecast the Facts is hoping you’ll send Senator Whitehouse’s speech to your Representative or Senator.  They’ve set up a webpage where you can send a message to your legislator.  Here’s the Senator’s speech as prepared for delivery, and here’s theYouTube video of the Senator’s speech on the floor of the Senate. Here’s a story about Amazon.com’s agreement with Massachusetts regarding the collection of sales tax. 350.org is planning an anti-Keystone event in Washington DC on President’s Day weekend on February 17th.  For more about the event visit 350.org’s site here. The Conference is coming — we can’t wait!  Here’s a link to the conference page.  More information will be rolled out as it becomes available, and you will be able to register after the first of the year.  You can give us feedback now as to what you’re interested in doing at the conference on the webform on the conference page. For more climate events, visit the MCAN Climate Calendar and submit your own event. Finally, to get Mr. Burns’ take on the fiscal cliff, his YouTube announcement is here. And, as always — remember, for these reasons we have discussed, the United States must place a price on carbon.  Have a great weekend, and we look forward to talking with you again next week!